French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that Greenland is "not for the taking" in connection with US President Donald Trump's continued threats to annex the Arctic island, Politico reports.

"Greenland is not for taking, and neither are Antarctica nor the high seas for sale," Macron said during his opening speech in Nice, France at a United Nations conference on protecting the oceans.

Macron’s aforesaid comments come as he is set to visit the autonomous Danish territory Sunday, where he will hold talks with the Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on North Atlantic and Arctic security as well as climate change, energy and critical minerals.

Since his return to the White House, Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to control Greenland, the mineral-rich, strategically located island.